Warwick
Twp. -
JOHN OSSUALD,
farmer and stock-raiser, P. O.
Tuscarawas, is a native of
Switzerland, born July 4, 1819,
and is a son of John George
and Elizabeth (Linenberger)
Ossuald. His parents
were born in Baden, Germany, and
came to America in 1835, settling
in Auburn Township, this county
and State. His father was a
locksmith in early life, but
afterward followed farming.
Of the family of five children,
four attained maturity, of whom
two, our subject and Mary,
are residents of this township;
the latter is the wife of Ferdinand
Huok. Our subject
received his education in
Switzerland, and learned the
stone-cutting trade, at which he
worked for many years. He
is now engaged in farming, and
owns fifty-two acres of land in
this township. He was
married in 1850 to Magdalena
Knaus, who died after ten
months of wedded life. For
his second wife, Mr. Ossuald
married Elvina, a sister
of his first wife, in 1853.
She was a daughter of Samuel (deceased)
and Catherine (Warner) Knaus, both
of Pennsylvanian Dutch, the
former of whom has a sketch
elsewhere in this history.
Our subject has had a family of
seven children, of whom four died
within eleven days, in the year
1865. The three surviving
are Charles, a farmer,,,
Anna M. and Lucy Jane
Sarah. Mr. Ossuald and
is wife are members of the
Universalist Church. In
politics, is a Democrat.
Source: History of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio - Chicago: Warner,
Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
977
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